Adaptive configuration of imaging devices

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EP 1 821 193 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/13

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.08.2007 Bulletin 2007/34

(21)	Application number: 07250305.5

(22)	Date of filing: 25.01.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 3/12^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

08.02.2006 US 350968

(71)	Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
	Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Soiba, Mohammed Cupertino California 95014-5924 (US)

(74)	Representative: Leeming, John Gerard et al
	J.A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Adaptive configuration of imaging devices

(57) A method and apparatus for configuring an imaging device is provided. A first imaging device may monitor communications exchanged between clients and imaging devices over a network to identify requests to process electronic documents. In response to the first imaging device either detecting a particular request, to process an electronic document, issued to a different imaging device than the first imaging device or receiving at the first imaging device the particular request to process the electronic document, the first imaging device may update its own current configuration for processing electronic documents. For example, an imaging device may update its own current configuration to reflect the most popular way in which electronic documents have been processed by imaging devices on the network.

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